Are the brackets used to define an array in php not supported?

Question

I tried to define an simple array in php, and I got an "unexpected '[' error message.

Code:

<?php
      $days = ["Mon","Tue","Wed","Thu","Fri"];
      echo "Value at index 1 is ". $days[1];
?>

while using the $days = array("Mon","Tue","Wed","Thu","Fri"); works fine

I am using netbeans 8.1, is this no longer supported or newly supported ?@frz3993 — abedzantout, Nov 29 '15 at 19:48
Do you mean netbeans the IDE ? The brackets is supported for PHP 5.4 and above. — frz3993, Nov 29 '15 at 19:50
@frz3993 yes, I changed the php version in ampps and it worked, I'm still new to php, but thank you — abedzantout, Nov 29 '15 at 19:52

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 29 '15 at 19:49

3

If your version of PHP is < 5.4 you cannot use [] to define an array. Create a page that contains:

<?php phpinfo() ?>

and see what version that says. Alternatively, if you have shell access to the server you're working on, typ this on the command line:

`php -v`

answered Nov 29 '15 at 19:49

Jeffwa

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